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Meloney Cargil Perry
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   Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson LLP
Dallas Office
10000 North Central Expressway
Suite 1450
Dallas, Texas 75231

Tel: 214 265 6224
Fax: 214 265 6226
meloney.perry@mbtlaw.com
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Meloney Cargil Perry focuses her practice on insurance class-action and bad-faith litigation. Ms. Perry is currently involved in defending a major auto insurance company in complex, insurance regulatory and/or class-action litigation in multiple jurisdictions. The case topics include, but are not limited to, a challenge to the use of medical audit vendors and privacy of medical records, an attack on the method in which uninsured motorist coverage is rejected, the practice of deducting “betterment” in adjusting automobile property damage claims, and the use of credit scores in the underwriting process. Additionally, she has been involved in extensive policy forms drafting, legislation and/or lobbying efforts, and negotiations with various governmental agencies. Ms. Perry also frequently does appellate work in multiple jurisdictions.

Publications:

“Rainmaking at a Big Firm: Drawing on Your Partners for Potential New Business,” 13 The Woman Advocate 1 (American Bar Assn. Section of Litigation 2007).
“Attorney-Client Privilege and Deposition Preparation of Former Employees,” 57 Fed’n Def. & Corp. Couns. Q. 303 (2007).
“Privacy Considerations in Auto Claims Litigation,” Tort Source (Spring 2006).
“Supreme Court Ruling on the Fair Credit Reporting Act and Auto Insureds’ Use of Insurance Scores to Set Premiums,” 75 Def. Couns. J. 151 (2008) (Joint author)

Presentations:

“E-Discovery and the Emerging Challenges for Insurers and Their Lawyers,” Defense Research Institute Insurance Coverage and Claims Institute, Chicago, Illinois, April 10, 2008
“Beware! Privacy Issues in the Handling of Auto Claims,” Defense Research Institute Auto Liability and Coverage Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, November 10-11, 2005
Panel Member on Project Management and Budget/Scope, Applied Discovery’s CLE, May 14, 2009
“Risky Business – An Update on Bad Faith and Insurance Coverage Litigation,” Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting, July 30, 2009

 

Education:

Southern Methodist University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1994)
Louisiana State University (B.A. 1991)

Admitted to Practice:

Texas
Colorado
United States Supreme Court
United States Courts of Appeals (Third, Fifth, Ninth, Tenth Circuits)
United States District Court (Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas, the District of Colorado, Northern District of Illinois)

Professional Activities:

Defense Research Institute
The Institute for Transnational Arbitration: Advisory Board (2000-07)
Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inns of Court: Pupil (1995-96)
American Bar Association: Litigation Section and Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Group Section
Dallas Bar Association
State of Colorado Bar Association
Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel: Extra-Contractual Liability Section, Vice Chair; Reinsurance, Excess and Surplus Lines Section, Vice Chair; Appelate Law Section, Vice Chair; Defense of Judiciary Committee
State Bar of Texas, The Insurance Law Section, The Insurance Law Council (2008-2010)

Peer Recognitions/Awards:

Texas Super Lawyer, Rising Star

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